Description
Although major New Testament figures--Jesus and Paul, Peter and James, Jesus' mother Mary and Mary Magdalene--were Jews, living in a culture steeped in Jewish history, beliefs, and practices, there has never been an edition of the New Testament that addresses its Jewish background and the culture from which it grew--until now. In The Jewish Annotated New Testament, eminent experts under the general editorship of Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Z. Brettler put these writings back into the context of their original authors and audiences. And they explain how these writings have affected the relations of Jews and Christians over the past two thousand years.An international team of scholars introduces and annotates the Gospels, Acts, Letters, and Revelation from Jewish perspectives, in the New Revised Standard Version translation. They show how Jewish practices and writings, particularly the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, influenced the New Testament writers. From this perspective, readers gain new insight into the New Testament's meaning and significance. In addition, thirty essays on historical and religious topics--Divine Beings, Jesus in Jewish thought, Parables and Midrash, Mysticism, Jewish Family Life, Messianic Movements, Dead Sea Scrolls, questions of the New Testament and anti-Judaism, and others--bring the Jewish context of the New Testament to the fore, enabling all readers to see these writings both in their original contexts and in the history of interpretation. For readers unfamiliar with Christian language and customs, there are explanations of such matters as the Eucharist, the significance of baptism, and "original sin."For non-Jewish readers interested in the Jewish roots of Christianity and for Jewish readers who want a New Testament that neither proselytizes for Christianity nor denigrates Judaism, The Jewish Annotated New Testament is an essential volume that places these writings in a context that will enlighten students, professionals, and general readers.
Table of Contents
The full text of the New Testament (in the New Revised Standard Version translation), each book introduced and annotated, plus a full selection of essays on historical and religious topics (e.g. the historical background of the Greco-Roman world in the years leading up to New Testament times).ContributorsAlan J. Avery-Peck - 2 CorinthiansHerbert Basser - JamesDaniel Boyarin - Logos, A Jewish Word: John's Prologue as MidrashMarc Zvi Brettler - Editor; The New Testament between the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and Rabbinic LiteratureJonathan Brumberg-Kraus - 3 JohnShaye J. D. Cohen - Galatians; Judaism and Jewishness; JosephusMichael Cook - PhilippiansPamela Eisenbaum - HebrewsMichael Fagenblat - Who Is my Neighbor? The Concept of Neighbor in Jewish and Christian EthicsCharlotte Elisheva Fonrobert - Judaizers, Jewish Christians, and OthersDavid Frankfurter - RevelationDavid Friedenreich - Food and Table FellowshipJulie Galambush - 2 JohnAaron M. Gale - MatthewJoshua D. Garroway - Jews and Judeans: The Meanings of IoudaiosBarbara Geller - PhilemonGary Gilbert - ActsMartin Goodman - Jewish History, 331 BCE - 135 CELeonard Greenspoon - The SeptuagintMichael R. Greenwald - 2 Peter; The Canon of the New TestamentAdam Gregerman - 2 ThessaloniansMaxine Grossman - Ephesians; The Dead Sea ScrollsSusannah Heschel - Jesus in Modern Jewish ThoughtMartha Himmelfarb - Afterlife and ResurrectionTal Ilan - 2 TimothyAndrew Jacobs - JudeJonathan Klawans - The LawNaomi Koltun-Fromm - 1 TimothyJennifer Koosed - TitusRoss S. Kraemer - Jewish Family Life in the First Century CEShira Lander - 1 CorinthiansDaniel R. Langton - Paul in Jewish ThoughtRebecca Lesses - Divine BeingsDavid Levenson - Messianic Movements
